This is the only release by the English band Fuzzy Duck. Released in 1971 on the MAM label, which was looking to break into the hard rock market given the success of bands like Led Zeppelin (they were better known for artists such as Englebert Humperdink). MAM did not really …
This is quintessential ’70’s guitar rock. Another power trio, featuring John Du Cann (guitars, vocals), Paul Hammond (drums) and John Gustafson (bass, vocals). Du Cann & Hammond were formerly in Atomic Rooster (Death Walks Behind You vintage) and Gustafson had been in Quatermass. There are certainly hints of Atomic Rooster, …
Not a psychedelic album at all in the sense of trippy, substance friendly songs from the late ’60’s, but a sonic wall of power trio guitar rock reminiscent of the ’70’s. This album moves seamlessly between hard & blues rock, underpinned by Eric Gales’ stellar guitar work. There is strong, …
I decided to take a trip off the normal tracks & delve into the dusty corners of my library. I was looking for heavier, guitar driven tracks that I haven’t listened to for quite a while. As with most dives, there is the odd offshoot that doesn’t quite fit the …
This is just a good ol’ fashioned fun hard rock album. No deep themes, wizards, nor mystics; just great rock. Time to put the album on & let yourself rock out a tad. Ronnie Montrose had been a successful session musician, playing on Van Morisson’s 1971 album Tupelo Honey. He …
This is a good ol’ blues rocker of an album. It’s largely cover material and quite typical of the time. However, this is all about enjoyment of an album rather than where it ranks in originality. For me, this is quite an enjoyable album. If you’re a guitar nut, there’s …
I’m trying to recollect exactly how I picked this album up way back in the ’70’s. It’s not one where the cover or musicians would have pulled me in (my arcane album picking method described elsewhere on the site). I must have heard it, or parts of it, at a …
